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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/02/10/bernie-sanders-cnn-destroys-boehner-netanyahu-undermining-obama.htmlBernie Sanders Goes On CNN and Destroys Boehner and Netanyahu For Undermining Obama
By: Jason Easley
Tuesday, February, 10th, 2015, 1:24 pm
During an appearance on CNN, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) destroyed Speaker of the House John Boehner and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for conspiring to undermine President Obama foreign policy.
Video @ link~
Sen. Sanders said:
The second point, and I think President Obama made this point is that it is wrong to give any politician, not just Netanyahu, the stage of a speech before a joint session of Congress as part of his reelection campaign. Thats wrong for politics in Israel. Thats wrong for politics anywhere in the world.
And the last point that I would make, Mr. Netanyahu has every right in the world to disagree with President Obama or any of us about our relationship and we proceed with Iran in terms of how we prevent them from getting nuclear weapons. He has every right, but he doesnt have the right in my view to inject himself into an American political discussion by being the speaker before a joint session of Congress to criticize the President Of The United States. There are all kinds of avenues open to him to speak to members of Congress, and thats fine. I dont think its a good idea to have a foreign leader coming before Congress to rip apart the President Of The United States.
The CNN anchors tried to compare Netanyahus speech to Congress to President Obamas Berlin speech months before the 2008 election, but Sen. Sanders was having none of that, Several months is different than several weeks And by the what Obama and our allies are trying to do is what the American people want I believe is prevent a war with Iran. Now, I understand there are differences of opinion, but I think it is bad precedent to invite the leader of a foreign country to come before a joint session of Congress to attack the presidents position on a very sensitive issue.
Sanders said that his constituents want to see foreign policy done in a non-partisan way, I think what Speaker Boehner has done is very much politicized the situation in a way that is unprecedented .The point is the President Of The United States, and again it doesnt matter to me whether its a Democrat or a Republican, leads foreign policy, and to invite that Prime Minister, that foreign leader, without consulting the president is a horrible move.
Sen. Sanders summed up the entire opposition to Netanyahus speech very effectively. It was wrong for Boehner and Netanyahu to politicize this process. None of this should sit well with the American people. The fact that Boehner and Netanyahu are conspiring to undermine a sitting president on foreign policy, and the fact that a foreign leader is trying to influence American foreign policy are very troubling aspects of what Boehner and Netanyahu are doing.
What Republicans are doing is disloyal to their country, and Bernie Sanders called callous partisan politics on national television. The opposition to Netanyahus speech is growing louder, and the conservative conspiracy to undermine Obama is beginning to crumble.
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)soooo much!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Faux pas
(14,681 posts)pass a purity test, huh?
Darb
(2,807 posts)"I want a pony".
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)The day you see CNN anchors not instructed to attack Democrats and sit as lapdogs for the GOP and cash politics is the day after CNN executives lose control of the messaging to social media news completely.
That day is coming.
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)all cable news is garbage. I can't see paying for that crap.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)a complete fucking moron or a paid shill bending over backwards to comply with CNN's "both sides do it no matter what" mantra.
George II
(67,782 posts).....two weeks before the Israeli election and Obama addressing the German PUBLIC months before our election. Obama wasn't the head of state, and he wasn't in Germany to criticize German foreign policy.
What a twit that guy is (not Sanders)!
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)James Earl Jones would be down for that.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)It's all about firing up the most dependable GOP voting block. No doubt will ring bells in pulpits across the United States.
It's not about foreign policy, Israel or their elections. This is about the American elections.
Well played by the Orange Man, they found a winner with this wedge issue.
George II
(67,782 posts)....his visible irritation about being repeatedly interrupted by the two airheads interviewing him. John Berman has to be the absolute worst outside of Fox News. He knows nothing and asks the most idiotic questions, and then repeatedly interrupts the answers.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... when idiots are interviewing Bernie, one can only be awed by his ability to NOT call the questioner a total effing idiot.
George II
(67,782 posts)...."WTF are you talking about?"
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... you always know what he is thinking. I can always see it in his face.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)Response to babylonsister (Original post)
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MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)I can be pretty sure it's Politicususa.